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Jays option Roenicke; Tallet to be activated Tuesday

GameSetMatch — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:39:33 +0000

The Toronto Blue Jays optioned reliever Josh Roenicke to triple-A Las Vegas on Monday night and will activate lefty Brian Tallet to start Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Roenicke is 1-0 in nine games with 4.97 earned-run average, but his 11 walks in 12 2-3 innings were a concern.

“We want him to go back and work on his control a little bit,” manager Cito Gaston said after a 3-2 win over the Rays. “He’s probably the hardest throwing right-hander out of that bullpen right now, but he does have control problems at times.”

Click here to read the full article – By The Canadian Press of http://slam.canoe.ca

It’s all going Wells

GameSetMatch — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:29:40 +0000

What a revelation for Vernon Wells.

After being booed for two seasons by the Blue Jays faithful, the club’s centre fielder now knows what he has to do to win the fans’ love back.

Which is … flirt with the American League batting title and rewrite the Major League record book for home runs and RBI.

Discovering the cure for most major diseases wouldn’t hurt either.

Who knew it could be that easy?

Prior to Monday night’s home opener, Wells was hitting .350 with four homers and seven RBI in six games, which put him on pace this season for 108 homers and 189 RBI.

And when he was introduced before his first at-bat at the Rogers Centre, he was cheered.

And when he smashed a homer to deep centre field, with Adam Lind on board, to give Toronto a 6-4 lead, he was cheered even louder.

So it’s simple, really.

Put together the greatest season ever by a major leaguer, and all is forgiven.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely Wells will continue his now-116 home run, 208 RBI pace.

Click here to read the full article – By STEVE BUFFERY of http://www.ottawasun.com

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Jays’ GM willing to give teams time to talk contract with Halladay before making trade

GameSetMatch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:21 +0000

In an apparent departure from his predecessor, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos will give teams interested in trading for ace right-hander Roy Halladay a window to discuss a contract extension with the pitcher.

The Blue Jays’ Web site reports Anthopoulos would allow teams to talk to Halladay about an extension if it means the interested team will improve its trade offer. Halladay is signed through next season.

Former GM J.P. Ricciardi opposed the idea of a contract window when he was shopping Halladay last summer.

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Purcey passes Jays’ audition

GameSetMatch — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:14:56 +0000

The Blue Jays have been waiting a long time for David Purcey to realize his potential. The big lefty showed flashes of his ability on the mound last season and was trusted with a spot in the club’s rotation when this year began.

On Monday night, Purcey helped lead the Blue Jays to a 9-2 victory over the Orioles at Rogers Centre, but it was a win that was a long time coming for the pitcher. The win was Purcey’s first in more than a year for Toronto — a drought that Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston did not expect.

“I didn’t think so,” Gaston said. “He’s still a kid, too, I guess.”

At 27 years old and with enough Major League service time to no longer be considered a rookie, Purcey is hardly a kid anymore. He was supposed to be a fixture in Toronto’s staff this year — rather that someone who needed another four months of seasoning on the farm with Triple-A Las Vegas.

Click here to read the full article – By Jordan Bastian of MLB.com

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Snider leads Jays’ homer charge

GameSetMatch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:44:59 +0000

The field was littered with equipment. A handful of helmets and bats were scattered in the grass down the first-base line at Yankee Stadium, and in the dirt behind home plate, the chest protector belonging to Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas was abandoned.

A few minutes earlier, New York’s Shelley Duncan was gripping the straps of that chest guard, pulling Barajas out from the bottom of a dogpile during a heated altercation between the Jays and Yankees during the eighth inning of Toronto’s 10-4 victory on Tuesday night.

The late-inning eruption — ignited when Yankees catcher Jorge Posada took exception to a very wild pitch from reliever Jesse Carlson — overshadowed a game filled with positives for the Blue Jays. Toronto matched a season high with five home runs, including two from rookie Travis Snider, and ace Roy Halladay was effective in earning his 15th win of the year.

Click here to read the full article – By Jordan Bastian of MLB.com

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Hill, Lind a surprisingly productive pair

GameSetMatch — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:03:43 +0000

Simply put, there is just one other 1-2 punch offensively in the Majors that has more combined RBIs than Toronto’s Aaron Hill and Adam Lind.

That may come as a surprise to many fans because the Blue Jays aren’t in the pennant race, and Hill and Lind don’t have an aura of star power attached to their names that more experienced and established players enjoy. They both entered Monday’s finale against the Tigers with 97 RBIs.

Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria (103) and Carlos Pena (100) and Boston’s Jason Bay (101) and Victor Martinez (97) had more combined RBIs entering Monday’s game. And with Pena on the disabled list with a broken finger for the remainder of the year, it is likely the Toronto pair will have a chance to take over that lead. And the majority of Martinez’s RBIs came with the Indians before a July trade to the Red Sox.

Click here to read the full article – By Mike Scott of MLB.com

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Snider continues to make adjustments

GameSetMatch — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:48:59 +0000

The life of a rookie in the Major Leagues is about making adjustments — adjustments at the plate, in the outfield and on the mound. And sometimes being a rookie is about dressing up as a Toronto Argonauts cheerleader.

The Blue Jays have plenty of rookies going through this process. Outfielder Travis Snider is one of many. And those adjustments will extend beyond the end of this regular season. So while Snider’s attention on Tuesday will be focused on beating the Yankees in New York, his long-term view of how to improve at the big league level doesn’t stop in early October.

Click here to read the full article – By Mike Scott of MLB.com

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GameSetMatch — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:57 +0000

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Gaston, Barajas differ on catcher’s future

GameSetMatch — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:17:30 +0000

Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston suggested on Thursday that catcher Rod Barajas, who can be a free agent at the end of the season, would not be back next year with the team.

Gaston was asked at his daily media briefing what he would suggest to general manager J.P. Ricciardi when discussing needs for next season.

“What would I tell him right now?” Gaston asked. “I think we’re not going to have a catcher next year. I don’t think Barajas is coming back, but [Raul] Chavez has done a great job as far as being a backup here.”

And he praised the catching combination that produced 18 home runs and 76 RBIs. Barajas has 16 homers and 61 RBIs with a .238 batting average.

Click here to read the full article – By Larry Millson of MLB.com

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Frasor relishes chance to close

GameSetMatch — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:56:16 +0000

When asked if the team would go after a closer in the offseason, Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said that role could be filled from within the organization.

Right-hander Jason Frasor couldn’t agree more. Frasor, of course, is one of the internal candidates for the job. He has converted six of eight save opportunities this year and has strung together 15 straight scoreless outings going into Wednesday’s series finale against Texas.

Frasor, along with left-hander Scott Downs, are expected to close Toronto’s games the final month of the season.

“I like that role,” Frasor said. “It’s only one inning, and I’m as confident in the ninth as I am in the seventh or eighth.”

Click here to read the full article – By Drew Davison of MLB.com

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